Experimental study of natural convection in a window with a between-panes venetian blind

Experimental Heat Transfer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Naylor, D ^a   Lai, B Y ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blind; Fenestration; Interferometry; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; FENCES; HEAT CONVECTION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; RAYLEIGH FADING;

FENESTRATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE VISUALIZATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33847092020     PISSN: 08916152     EISSN: 15210480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916150600977358     Document Type: Article

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